Police News

November 19, 1998

EAST HARTFORD

* A man and his wife were arrested Tuesday after a repossession agent was threatened with a gun when he tried to repossess their car.

Kenneth Matthews, 33, of 65 Monroe St., is accused of threatening the man with the gun around 5 a.m. when Matthews found the agent trying to take the car away outside his residence, police said. Matthews was charged with breach of peace and threatening.

During the altercation with the agent, Delores Matthews, 37, is accused of trying to drive off with the car after police arrived at the scene to investigate. She was charged with interfering.

They were both released on $500 nonsurety bonds and are to appear in court on Nov. 30.

* The sister of an East Hartford High School student was arrested Tuesday on charges stemming from a fight she had last month at the school with her brother's classmates.

Jackolyn Rancourt, 18, of 42 Bates St., told police she got into a scuffle with Tamika Russell, 15, and Michelle Pratt, 14, after Russell threatened her brother. Russell told police Rancourt hit her in the face; Pratt said she was hit by a set of keys on a rope.

Rancourt was charged with loitering at the school on Forbes Street and breach of peace. She was released on a promise to appear and is scheduled to go to court on Nov. 30.

MANCHESTER

* A pedestrian was hit by a car Wednesday night on Main Street.

Scott Lessard, 28, of Manchester was taken to Manchester Hospital for treatment of a gash on his head and leg pain after he was hit by the car around 6 p.m. Police said he was crossing and didn't see the car, which was traveling south.

The name of the driver was not released.

* Two men were arrested after they were found with two large ziplock bags filled with marijuana in their car, police said.

Carl A. Craig, 27, of 255 Blue Hills Ave., Hartford, and Alfred E. Ehrhardt, 28, of 1 Bow St., Manchester, were each charged with possessing drug paraphernalia and more than 4 ounces of marijuana, as well as possessing drugs within 1,500 feet of a day care center and intention to sell. Craig was held in lieu of $75,000 and Ehrhardt in lieu of $50,000. They are to appear in court on Nov. 30.

The men were sitting in a car blasting a new stereo in a parking lot at 485 Hartford Road where a police officer was parked. The officer searched the car when he saw cigar leaves on the floor. Cigar tobacco is often removed from its paper and replaced with marijuana to make a ``blunt.''

MANSFIELD

* Police charged a Willimantic woman with interfering with an officer Tuesday.

Esperanza Trevino, 48, of 303F Jeffrey Road, Windham Heights, Windham, is accused of interfering with police during an investigation at TJ Maxx at the Eastbrook Mall, police said.

She was charged with interfering with an officer. Trevino was released on a $1,000 non-surety bail and is scheduled to appear in Rockville Superior Court on Nov. 24.

VERNON

* Five people, aged 16 through 20, were arrested Monday after police were called to investigate a disturbance in which a teenager brandished a knife and taunted a 17- year-old girl, police said.

The five people, all from Hartford, went to 45 Chelsea Ridge about 6:30 p.m. looking to fight 20-year-old Rafael Acevedo's ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend, police said.

All five had left by the time police arrived. Officers stopped Acevedo's car on I-84 and arrested them. They found a knife in the car, according to a press release.

Acevedo and Carmen Cordova, 16, both of 397 Garden St.; Karen Bermudez, 17, and Miguel Bermudez, 19, both of 178 Park St.; and Henry Rodriquez, 18, of 131 Hungerford St. were charged with breach of peace.

All five were initially held in lieu of $500 bond. Court information was unavailable.